Poetry Quiz Review E1

Why do writers use metaphors?

• To make an equivalency between one thing and another to highlight how they're similar

• To make the writing more interesting and effective.

• To force the reader to consider the subject of the metaphor from a new angle.

• All of the above

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Both a metaphor and simile compare two unlike things; however, a metaphor uses "like" or "as" but a simile does not

• True

• False

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What is it called when you give human characteristics to something that is not living?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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Emily Dickinson is famous for using dashes in her poetry to create a pause. What is this sound device called?

• caesura

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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What type of metaphor "compares two things that are not alike without actually mentioning one of those things"?

• direct metaphor

• implied metaphor

• hidden metaphor

• extended metaphor

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What two things are being compared in the poem, "A Variation on Theme?"

• The day and a house

• The day and a human being

• A mother and her son

• The stars and the sky

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What is the theme of "Variation on a Theme"?

• Life is difficult but never give up

• Seize the day and live every day with a purpose

• War is necessary in order to have honor

• People need to be kind to one another in order to be honorable

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"A certain day became a presence to me;

there it was, confronting me" is an example of...

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

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"I dwell in Possibility –

A fairer House than Prose –" compares poetry to a house but does not directly state that poetry is what is being compared. This is called...

• personification

• extended metaphor

• direct metaphor

• indirect metaphor

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"A child's first steps, as awesome as an earthquake" is an example of...

• direct metaphor

• personification

• simile

• indirect metaphor

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